(Clause 1)
The Tai-yang Disease caused by Shang-han
(harmful cold) includes Convulsion
(zhi), Dampness (shi) and
Sunstroke (ye), and we will discuss each of them in the following
section. Those diseases are similar to the Shang-han
(harmful cold)
disease, and that is why we discuss here.
(Clause 2)
(One case of) the Tai-yang
Illness,
which causes fervescence (fa re) but no sweating (han), instead it
causes chills (wu han), is named Gang Zhi (robust convulsion).
(Clause 3)
(One case of) the Tai-yang
Illness,
which causes fervescence (fa re) and sweating (han), and does not cause
chills (wu han), is named Rou Zhi (elastic convulsion).
(Clause 4)
(One case of) the Tai-yang
Illness,
which causes fervescence (fa re) and makes the pulse (of the patient)
Sinking (chen) and Thin (xi), is named Zhi (convulsion).
(Clause 5)
(A case of) the Tai-yang
Illness,
which causes
sweating (han) excessively (tai duo) will accordingly cause Zhi
(convulsion).
(Clause 6)
When an illness causes the feverish body with
cold feet, the strong nape constriction, chills (wu han), the occasional
hot head with the red complexion, red vessels in eyes, only the head
swaying, sudden masticatory spasms (kou jin), the bent back with
tension, it is the Zhi
(constriction) disease.
(Clause 7)
(A case of) the Tai-yang
Illness,
which causes the achy joints and thus agony, with the pulse of Sinking (chen)
and Thin (xi), [one book says Gentle (huan)], is named Damp Numbness (shi
bi) [one book says Striking Dampness (zhong shi)].
The symptoms of Damp Numbness (shi bi) are patient’s urination
difficulty, with rather good defecation. Just let ease the patient’s
urination.
(Clause 8)
When a chronically Damp person (shi jia) is
diseased, the whole body aches with fervescence (fa re), and the body
color becomes smoked yellow.
(Clause 9)
If (a patient is) a chronically Damp person (shi
jia) sweats just on his head with a stiff back and wants to wear a
clothe over clothes facing to fire , and you purge him too early, and
(the patient starts to) have hiccups, with the
chest fullness, urination difficulty, with moss on his tongue, then he
has fever in his Dan-tian (Ren5). He has Cold (han) in his chest, and
thirst makes him to get water, but is unable to drink it, thus his mouth
becomes dry and he suffers from anguish.
(Clause 10)
When a chronically Damp person (shi jia)
is purged, he will sweat on his forehead, wheezing slightly, but
urinates easily [one book says; with urination difficulty], then he
shall die. If his diarrhea does not stop, then he will die also.
(Clause 11)
One questions that “When Wind (fen) and
Dampness (shi) beat (us up) together, and whole body aches, the rule
says on this illness that if sweats come out, we will be relieved (jie)
from the illness. Once, while long rains did not stop, as a doctor told
us to sweat the patient, we
sweated him, but he had not relieved (from the illness). Why?”
(Master) answered, “When you sweated (the patient), and he started to
sweat a lot, it meant only Wind (fen) left (the body), and Dampness
(shi) was still there. That is why (the patient) was not healed. When
(you) treat Wind (fen) and Dampness (shi)(together), and (the patient)
sweats very slightly,
almost unidentifiably, then Wind (fen) and
Dampness (shi) both have left (the body).
(Clause 12)
The illness of a chronically Damp person (shi
jia) will be body aches, with fervescence (fa re), and a yellow
compression, wheezing, headache, a stuffed nose, and anxiety. If (the
patient’s) pulse is Large (da), and (he) eats and drinks well, while his
abdomen is harmonized without an illness, then his head is struck
(zhong) by Cold (han) and Dampness (shi). Thus his nose is stuffed,
but when the
medicine is inserted into his nose, he will be cured.
(Clause 13)
When the patient’s whole body aches, with
fervescence (fa re), and fever gets worse in the late afternoon (ri-bu-suo),
this is called Wind Dampness (fen shi). This
illness
is caused by being harmed (shang) by Wind (fen) when (the patient) is
sweating. Or it is caused by (the patient’s body) being harmed (shang)
longtime by coolness (leng).
(Clause 14)
When the Tai-yang meridian is struck (zhong)
by Heat (re), that is Ye
(sunstroke). The patient sweats having chills (wu han), and he will have
body fever and thirst.
(Clause 15)
The Tai-yang (meridian) Ye (sunstroke) stroke
(zhong) patient who has body
fever with aches and feelings of
heaviness of the body, if his pulse is Minute(wei)
and Weak (ruo), this is because in summer months he harmed himself by
cold water (leng shui), and water went into the skin.
(Clause 16)
The Tai-yang Ye (sunstroke) stroke (zhong)
patient who has fervescence (fa re) with chills (wu han), feelings of
heaviness of the body, thus body aches, if hispulse is String (xian),
Thin (xi), Leak (kou) and Slow (chi), his urine stops. His body hairs
raise with chilliness. His feet and hands are Adversely Cold (ni han).
When he is a little bit exhausted (lao), his body gets heated, and his
mouth opens, drying his front teeth. If (a doctor) sweats him, (it will
cause) severe chills (wu han). If (a doctor) treats
with a warm needle (wen zhen), (it will cause) severe
fervescence (fa re). If (a doctor) purges this patient many times, (it
will cause) severe painful urination (lin).
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